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Gullo, Dominic F. – 1981
Preschool children's responses to "wh-questions" (those including the concepts who, what, where, when, how, and why) were studied in order to determine the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on frequency of correct and incorrect answers. Investigation focused on three questions: (1) When a response to a wh-question is incorrect,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Individual Differences
Chinn, Judith A. – 1979
Two research projects focused on the nature of verb choice and its relationship to a composition's general effectiveness and reader impact. In the pilot project, 28 fifth grade students received an instructional unit of 27 lessons emphasizing the incorporation of precise verb vocabulary and the elimination of forms of "to be" and "to have" as main…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Grade 5, High Schools, Holistic Evaluation
Download full textGerace, William J.; Mestre, Jose P. – 1981
Minorities have for some time been underrepresented in the technical fields, such as engineering and computer science. This development is known to be caused by a variety of factors, but the primary purpose of this report is to help identify those factors that adversely affect the cognitive development of the technical bilingual student in terms…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, College Science, Concept Formation
Flint, David L.; And Others – 1979
This study tests the general hypothesis that preschool experience has a measurable effect upon children's noncognitive development between the time they enter and the time they leave the preschool program. The California Preschool Competency Scale (CPSCS) was administered to 4-year-old children in a prekindergarten program (PreK) in the fall of…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Hypothesis Testing, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies
Schwartz, Judy I. – 1979
This paper discusses kinds and characteristics of language play, explores the relationship of such play to wider domains of language and play, and speculates on the possible contributions of language play for language mastery and cognitive development. Jump rope chants and ritual insults ("Off my case, potato face") and other expressive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Essays, Expressive Language
Irvine, David J.; And Others – 1980
To investigate the impact which continuity in children's programs might have for children's longterm cognitive and noncognitive development, effects of a prekindergarten (PreK) program on children's performance was measured using two cognitive measures at the end of the subjects' first grade year. Staff development activities in selected districts…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
TAYLOR, CALVIN W. – 1958
PAPERS PRESENTED AT A 1957 CONFERENCE ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF CREATIVE SCIENTIFIC TALENT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. RESEARCH STUDIES AND POSITION PAPERS DEAL WITH THE NATURE, MEASUREMENT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY. STUDIES THAT EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN (1) UNDERGRADUATE GRADES AND RESEARCH ABILITY, (2) COMMUNICATIONS…
Descriptors: Ability, Conference Reports, Creativity, Cultural Influences
Slaughter, Diana T. – 1979
A study was conducted using a longitudinal, multivariate, multimethod approach to determine the effects of parent education programs on black mothers and children from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds. Black infants from lower status communities, ages 22-41 months, were evaluated during the early intervention study. Instruments used included…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Blacks, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Cocking, Rodney R.; McHale, Susan – 1977
This study examined the specific effects of picture and object stimuli on two types of language performance: comprehension and performance. Subjects were 48 4- and 5-year-olds who were randomly assigned to one of four groups. Groups were matched for SES, sex, and age and tested individually with one of the four measures: language comprehension…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Tips, Martha; And Others – 1978
A 64-item analogy test was developed and administered to 55 college students enrolled in a noncredit reading improvement course to assess the effects of an instructional unit in taking analogy tests. The instructional unit was a 35-page self-instructional booklet that described the most common formats of analogy testing, defined eight types of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analogy, Autoinstructional Aids, Higher Education
Halamandaris, Pandelis G. – 1968
On the basis of the grammatical theory developed by Noam Chomsky, it is reasonable to presume that the different parts of a sentence may not all be understood with equal facility and speed. One purpose of this study was to determine whether some of the grammatical relations within a sentence were understood more readily than others. Sentences of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Deep Structure, Difficulty Level
Reeback, Robert T. – 1968
Seven 18- to 32-month-old children received from seven to 26 experimental sessions each between October 1966 and April 1967. A session lasted from 5 to 15 minutes and concerned control over the verbal responses of the children with token-operated reinforcement devices. In order to make the results of the experimental sessions meaningful, an…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Infant Behavior, Infants, Language Acquisition
Whiteman, Martin; And Others – 1965
A cross-sectional study of 292 first and fifth grade Negro and white children examined the relationship between environmental factors and performance test scores of verbal and cognitive ability. The socioeconomic status (SES) of each subject was determined and included in a deprivation index formed by obtaining a composite score for each subject…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Disadvantaged
Powers, Donald E. – 1977
Factor analyses of two forms of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test were undertaken to better understand the abilities affecting test performance. Results suggest that three global abilities--two verbal and one quantitative--are consistently tapped by the GRE Aptitude Test. Other less prominent dimensions--some of which appear to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Cluster Grouping, College Entrance Examinations
Smith, Aaron – 1976
Neuropsychological research on the effects of hemispherectomy-the excision of one of the cerebral hemispheres-in children and adults adds to knowledge about the division of labor between the left cerebral hemisphere, which specializes in language and verbal cognitive functions, and the right hemisphere, which specializes in nonlanguage functions.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Dominance, Child Development, Cognitive Development
